When I use to post I always made my own screen captures & I always used the GOM PLayer. Watch the vid, on the bottom of Gom on the right there are little icons, click on the 3 dot one & then screen Capture, it will take a pic of whatever you want in the vid

I never used Windows media Player and I still don't to watch vids. But this is up to you. Windows 10 comes with a player to watch vids, you can figure out how to if you can take screen caps with it

You do not need to install Image Joiner, simply save the imagejoiner.exe file to the location of your choice. To run it simply double click the .exe file & follow these steps

"General" tab -

If you have Nero Showtime &/or BSplayer installed you will see option/s to - "Use (your player) capture folder". If selected this will become the default location to search for images & to save images.

"Add this to every image" - allows you to add text to each individual capture within your joined image, either the file name (very useful for compilation uploads), or your own custom text.

"Use this font" - contains all font options, type, size, color etc.

"Use this color as background" - is the background of your joined image.

"Sizing" tab -

The sizing options are very self-explanatory & are applied to each individual capture, the only thing to watch out for is distortion of image when changing sizes. For best results your size settings should have the same width x height ratio as the original captures.

Then just "Do It" :-)

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Capture instructions for free version of BSplayer

To set a custom capture folder & adjust other capture settings open "Preferences" in BSplayer & highlight "General".

Lower right of this pane you can set the folder, image types & name. As the captures you are taking will be processed further with image joiner it is recommended you use the better quality .bmp file type.

If you don't have Nero Showtime you can download BSplayer, install it, do you captures, join them , all in far less time than it would take you to do just the captures alone with Windows media player ....... & you'll end up with a much, much better media player.

5. When Media Player Classics opens the video click File, then Save Thumbnails.

6. Select the folder where you want to save the screencaps, enter a file name that you like, adjust the number of Thumbnails and Image width options to suit, select format for thumbnail image - .jpg or .bmp, and then click Save. Media Player Classic will then generate the thumbnails and save them as an image in the folder you specified.

WinRAR - Files ending with .rar must first be unzipped using WinRAR: https://www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0
If the file ends with .rar.part1, .rar.part2, etc., all parts must be downloaded, named the same (except for part #) and in the same folder before unzipping.

Video Players & Codecs-The GOM Player is free & easier to use than VLC

You could use GOM Player it will play 99% of all media types without the need to find and install codecs, it even plays damaged movies. You can drag and drop a movie on the screen of GOM Player to make it play.

I used to post vids and I found the easiest is ImageBam. Be careful of Pimp and Host, they will delete your Images without notice. They removed G rated image from the few things I post now & I am the Admin here. I will never use them again

ImageBam is very easy. Upload the Image, select the size, this board requires you to post no smaller than 250 x 250. The select Adult Content and your done, upload it & post them